Seattle Emergency Hubs

Category: Updates

  • Hub Field Exercise Dates Set

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    In September, the Emergency Communication Hub network is hosting two LARGE exercises to stress the capabilities of the Hub and find the weak spots. We’re calling the exercise “Double Trouble” because we’re getting out in the field and practicing on two different weekends in two different spots in the City. We NEED the public to…

  • Hub Outreach Tables Around the City

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    As the Puget Sound area tentatively comes out of COVID restrictions, different Hub groups have been invited to provide information at some of the different events (outdoors!) around Seattle. This past month there have been three tables and we want to share the photos of our Hub Captains talking to their different communities.

  • “What is a Hub?” video released!

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    We are so pleased to announce a new and updated video to help you understand what a Seattle Emergency Communication Hub is and how it operates. You’ll learn what we do, how we operate and also key steps for you to be prepared as residents of Seattle.

  • 2020 Hub Network Year End Report

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    While 2020 was such  a year, we were amazed when we looked back to create our year-end report.  We have two full pages of activities, with many major accomplishments and while almost all the in-person training stopped due to Covid-19, we still did plenty of virtual training.  Take a look here and thank you to…

  • Camping Hacks Version 2

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    If you’ve been a camper, you know that sometimes things don’t go as planned.  You’re always having to invent or make do in a situation where a critical piece of gear was left at home, or the weather didn’t cooperate or ….  Turns out camping is the perfect training ground for disasters, figuring out how…

  • Picture of how the Hubs work

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    During the COVID-19 stay at home period, multiple efforts got underway to clean up our hub files and make the Hub Captains book more organized.  We have created this graphic to illustrate how the hub works and how information is organized.  2020 Hub Areas and Roles

  • Self Help Posters now available!

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    Self Help Posters were created by Hub volunteers to be used at the Hubs as a tool to help people immediately after a major disaster.  In those first few days when information will be hard to get, these posters remind people of basic information so they can stay safe.  There are 5 posters for the…

  • Seattle Hubs on Seattle Growth Podcast

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    Cindi Barker, Hub Captain for the Morgan Junction Hub and one of the very early members of the Seattle Emergency Communications Hubs network, was interview by Jeffery Shulman for his Seattle Growth Podcast.  It’s at http://seattlegrowthpodcast.com/s6-ep-6-finding-community-in-emergency-prep-and-dance/ or S6 Ep. 6 on iTunes.  The Hubs segment is in the first half of the podcast “Today’s episode…

  • South Seattle Home Fair

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    The second Seattle Home Fair was just as successful as the north end version.  We met lots of people who were interested  taking steps to make their home prepared and safe and in personal preparedness.  Mel and Vilma Fernandez,  Susan Sanders and Ron Angeles were very busy!  

  • March training events

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    There is a LOT of interest in emergency preparedness now!  In March, the hubs will be involved with 7 local organizing and training sessions.  Many thanks to those Hub Captains and neighborhood groups who are sponsoring these sessions and to the city’s Office of Emergency Management for coordinating the instructors for training. In the Central…